Refrigerator display counter



A.;.H. EHRLICH REFRIGERATOR DISPLAY COUNTER Filed May 4. 1921 2Sheets-She d l Oct. 6, 1925- A. H. EHRLICH "REFRIGERATOR DISPLAY COUNTER2 Sheets-Shut 2 Filed May 9 1 Patented Oct. 6,- 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. EHRLIGH, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURL REFRIGERATOR DISPLAY COUNTER.

Application fi led May 4, 1921. Serial No. 466,801.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. EHRLIGH, residing at St. Joseph, in thecounty of Buchanan and State of Missouri, a citizen of the UnitedStates, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRefrigerator Display Counters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and

more particularly to refrigerator display storage compartments withrelation to' the cooling pipes therefor, the object being to arrange thedisplay compartment so that there is a clear and unobstructed view ofthe contents thereof.

A further object is to arrange the cooling pipes for the displaycompartment at the rear thereof and out of the way of the sliding doors,which permit access to the display compartment.

In 'the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the display counter complete;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the upper displaycompartment and rear shelf;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view. of one of the metal brackets.

The numeral 1 indicates the upper portion or compartment of therefrigerator, which is entirely enclosed, except the doors at the rear.The upper compartment preferably consists of a marble slab 2 as a base,which is placed on the top of the lower compartment, being less inwidth, however, than the width of the lower compartment.

The numeral 3 indicates a plurality of inverted L-shaped metal brackets,which are attached to the front edge of the top of the lowercompartment, embracing the slab 2, being detach-ably secured to thelower compartment by clamps 4. These brackets serve as a support for thefront, top and end glass or other transparent panels 5, 6 and 7 rein therear of the display compartment, be-

ing elevated from the base of the display compartment and supported onsuitable metal brackets 9', forming an opening 10 at the rear of thedisplay compartment which communicates with the lower storagecompartments. Arranged within this opening 10 are cooling-pipes 11connected with similar cooling-pipes arranged as desired in the lowerstorage compartments. A plurality of sliding-doors 12 are arranged atthe rear of the display compartment being received between the shelf andthe longitudinal strip 8, the lower surface of which is provided withgrooves 13 to receive the tongue edge of the sliding-doors, the tonguesprojecting from the upper edge of the sliding door, while the bottoms ofthe doors (as at 14) rest u n the shelf adapted to slide upon suitableroller-bearings 15. These doors are preferably divided into pairs andadapted to slide by one another, whereby access, may be had to anyparticular part of the transparent compartment without unnecessarilyhaving a large opening at the rear.

It will thus be seen that I have constructed and arranged a displayrefrigerator counter "which, while providing ample space for storagepurposes below, affords an ample display space above to exhibit thearticles for sale, and means for keeping the articles that are ondisplay in good condition, so

that they are not only pleasing to the eye signature.

ALBERT H. EHRLICH.

